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People are naturally curious, but we are not naturally good thinkers; unless the cognitive conditions are right, we will avoid thinking.
Why Don't Students Like School?
Approaches for engaging children in the classroom that are simple to implement and scientifically backed.
Dan Willingham, a renowned cognitive scientist, concentrates his work on the biological and cognitive foundations of learning. By describing how instructors and their pupils think and learn, his book will assist teachers in improving their profession. It demonstrates the significance of storey, emotion, memory, context, and routine in the development of information and the creation of long-term learning experiences.
Nine easy-to-understand concepts with obvious classroom applications. There are some surprise conclusions, such as the notion that intelligence is flexible and that "thinking abilities" cannot be developed without information, how knowing how the brain works might help teachers improve their teaching abilities
"Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside the classroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents -anyone who cares about how we learn-should find his book valuable reading."
—Wall Street Journal
People are naturally curious, but we are not naturally good thinkers; unless the cognitive conditions are right, we will avoid thinking.
